The Green Party is a green political party that operates in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It holds a pro-European stance. It was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981 by Dublin teacher Christopher Fettes. The party became the Green Alliance in 1983 and adopted its current English language name in 1987 while the Irish name was kept unchanged. The party leader is Roderic O'Gorman,the deputy leader is Senator Róisín Garvey and the cathaoirleach (chairperson) is Pauline O'Reilly. Green Party candidates have been elected to most levels of representation:local government,Dáil Éireann,the Northern Ireland Assembly,and the European Parliament.
The Scottish Greens are a green political party in Scotland. The party has seven MSPs in the Scottish Parliament as of May 2021. As of the 2022 local elections,the party sits on 13 of the 32 Scottish local councils,with a total of 36 councillors. They held two ministerial posts in the first Yousaf government following a power-sharing agreement with the SNP from August 2021 until the end of the Bute House Agreement in April 2024,marking the first time Green Party politicians formed part of a government in the UK.
Young Greens is a youth political organisation in Ireland that acts as the youth branch of the Green Party and the Green Party in Northern Ireland. As a youth party they focus on issues that affect young people including access to education,affordable housing,drug policy,LGBTQI+ rights and reproductive rights.The Young Greens believe in social and economic justice for all as well as environmental sustainability for the future.
Clare Daly is an Irish politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the Dublin constituency from July 2019 to July 2024. She is a member of Independents 4 Change,affiliated to The Left in the European Parliament –GUE/NGL.
Solidarity,formerly known as the Anti-Austerity Alliance (AAA),is a socialist political party in Ireland,launched in 2014. It had been registered as a political party to contest local elections,and ran at least forty candidates in the 2014 Irish local elections. All Solidarity's elected representatives are members of the Socialist Party. It is part of the People Before Profit–Solidarity electoral alliance.
Gemma O'Doherty is an Irish far-right activist and conspiracy theorist. She began her career as a staff writer for the Irish Independent,contributing articles on travel,the criminal justice system and corruption,but was dismissed in 2013. She attempted to run as a candidate in the 2018 Irish presidential election,but failed to secure the minimum qualifying number of nominations required to be added to the ballot. O'Doherty was unsuccessful in the 2019 European Parliament election in Ireland,receiving 1.85% of first preference votes in the Dublin constituency. She unsuccessfully ran in the 2020 Irish general election receiving just under 2% of first preference votes.
The 2019 Irish local elections were held in all local authorities in Ireland on Friday,24 May 2019,on the same day as the 2019 European Parliament election and a referendum easing restrictions on divorce. Each local government area is divided into local electoral areas (LEAs) where three to seven councillors are elected on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
An election to all 31 seats on Cork City Council was held in Cork city in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. Councillors were elected from five local electoral areas (LEAs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This election coincided with an increase in the city area. Several outgoing members of Cork County Council,based in areas transferred to the city,stood for election to the city council. As well as the extension of all LEAs into the former county area,the former LEA of North Central was abolished and its area divided between North West and North East.
An election to all 40 seats on Limerick City and County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. Limerick City and County was divided into 6 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect 40 councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Pippa Hackett is an Irish Green Party politician who has served as a Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture,Food and the Marine since June 2020. She is one of three Ministers of State in attendance at cabinet,but without a vote. She has been a Senator for the Agricultural Panel since November 2019.
Holly Cairns,also known as Holly McKeever Cairns,is an Irish politician who has been leader of the Social Democrats party since March 2023. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork South-West since the 2020 general election. She was a member of Cork County Council for the Bantry local electoral area from 2019 to 2020.
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister of State for European Affairs since 2024. She previously served as Minister of State at the Department of Finance from 2022 to 2024. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency since the 2020 general election. She has worked as a solicitor and barrister within the public service and also a government special advisor.
Neasa Hourigan is an Irish Green Party politician who was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Central constituency from 2020 until 2024. She was Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight from September 2020 until being suspended from the parliamentary party in March 2023.
Rabharta,previously An Rabharta Glas –Green Left,is a minor Irish political party,launched on 5 June 2021 by former members of the Green Party. At launch,it had two councillors,who had previously been elected as Green Party members —Lorna Bogue,on Cork City Council,and Liam Sinclair,on South Dublin County Council. As of December 2024,it has no elected representation. Its outlook has been described as "eco-socialist".
Saoirse McHugh is an Irish environmentalist and former Green Party politician. From Achill Island in County Mayo,she holds degrees in genetics and sustainable agriculture. McHugh was a Green Party candidate in the 2019 European Parliament election in Ireland,the 2020 Irish general election and 2020 Seanad election. She was unsuccessful in each case.
The 2024 Irish local elections were held in all local authorities in Ireland on Friday,7 June 2024. European Parliament elections were held on the same day. It also included the 2024 Limerick mayoral election,for the first directly elected mayor in Ireland. Each local government area is divided into local electoral areas (LEAs) where three to seven councillors are elected on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This year saw a record number of women standing for election,with 31.4% being female. 26.1% of those elected were women,a small increase compared to the last elections. Voter turnout for the elections was 49.4%,the first time less than half of registered voters participated,slightly down from 50.2% in 2019.
Independent Ireland is a right-wing political party in Ireland. It was formed on 8 November 2023 by former independent TDs Michael Collins and Richard O'Donoghue. Their elected representation was subsequently boosted by the joining of TD Michael Fitzmaurice,formerly an independent,and by the success of Ciaran Mullooly in winning a seat for the party in the European Parliament in the 2024 elections.
Hazel de Nortúin is an Irish politician who has served on Dublin City Council since 2016. She is a member of People Before Profit.
Liam Quaide is an Irish Social Democrats politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork East constituency since the 2024 general election.
